Scene of the Crime - Payback Time

Tatort - Lohn der Arbeit

This time Moritz Eisner has been sent from Vienna to the beautiful region of Tyrol to speed up progress in tracking down the killer of a major construction company owner, Kogl, who had employed illegal workers through several subcontractors. This misdeed was flagged up by the finance authorities and resulted in one subcontractor going bust, whilst the illegal workers, Macedonians, were deported back to their homeland without being paid. One of the former workers has come back with his father to collect the wages that are owing to him. However these two are not the only ones upon whom suspicion falls. The fugitive subcontractor, who himself was duped by Kogl, had every reason to kill him. A suspended finance official and an enterprising investigative journalist are also embroiled in the case and seem suspicious. And finally the murder victim's private life offers yet another motive ...